Watch moment Trump claims he is ‘genius’ for realising ‘us’ is spelled same as ‘US’

Donald Trump labelled himself a “genius” as he revealed to his supporters that he had recently realised the word “us” is spelled the same as “US”.

The former president questioned whether anybody else had ever thought to make the connection before, when he addressed supporters in New Hampshire on Monday (23 October).

Speaking about his dealings with French president Emmanuel Macron, he said: “Macron, nice guy, he’s for France – I’m for us.

“You know, you spell us right? You spell us U-S. I just picked that up. Has anyone ever thought of that?”